I've been wrestling with whether to upgrade a Compaq Proliant 6000 or get
a new server entirely. We're preparing to drastically increase the size
and use of our database and I need to make a decision.
We're running Oracle 8.0.5 on NT4 SP6 right now. The 6000 is a 1x 400mhz
Xeon 512k. (it was here when I got here...) For about $1300 I can add
three more Xeons and make it a 4-cpu server and was going to rebuild using
Win2k AS.
My basic question was what's better? 4 x 400mhz or 2 x 800mhz? Everyone I
talked to seemed to agree that for this purpose (database, particularly
Oracle), the 4 cpu setup would be better, especially for simultaneous
access among clients. And given that for $1300, it's still on a redundant
power supply machine with a raid drive array and all that good heavy duty
server stuff that I wouldn't be able to get in a dual 800mhz machine for
less than $4k...
Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited
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